RHSA-2022:1762 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: container-tools:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · May 10, 2022
Updated · November 4, 2026
Topic
An update for the container-tools:rhel8 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc.
Security Fix(es):
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psgo: Privilege escalation in 'podman top' (CVE-2022-1227)
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prometheus/client_golang: Denial of service using InstrumentHandlerCounter (CVE-2022-21698)
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podman: Default inheritable capabilities for linux container should be empty (CVE-2022-27649)
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crun: Default inheritable capabilities for linux container should be empty (CVE-2022-27650)
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buildah: Default inheritable capabilities for linux container should be empty (CVE-2022-27651)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.